geraten — German conjugation
to get into (a situation)
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gerate | I get into |
| du | gerätst | you get into |
| er/sie/es | gerät | he/she/it gets into |
| wir | geraten | we get into |
| ihr | geratet | you (pl.) get into |
| sie/Sie | geraten | they get into |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | geriet | I got into |
| du | gerietest | you got into |
| er/sie/es | geriet | he/she/it got into |
| wir | gerieten | we got into |
| ihr | gerietet | you (pl.) got into |
| sie/Sie | gerieten | they got into |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin geraten | I have gotten into |
| du | bist geraten | you have gotten into |
| er/sie/es | ist geraten | he/she/it has gotten into |
| wir | sind geraten | we have gotten into |
| ihr | seid geraten | you (pl.) have gotten into |
| sie/Sie | sind geraten | they have gotten into |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war geraten | I had gotten into |
| du | warst geraten | you had gotten into |
| er/sie/es | war geraten | he/she/it had gotten into |
| wir | waren geraten | we had gotten into |
| ihr | wart geraten | you (pl.) had gotten into |
| sie/Sie | waren geraten | they had gotten into |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geraten | I will get into |
| du | wirst geraten | you will get into |
| er/sie/es | wird geraten | he/she/it will get into |
| wir | werden geraten | we will get into |
| ihr | werdet geraten | you (pl.) will get into |
| sie/Sie | werden geraten | they will get into |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde geraten sein | I will have gotten into |
| du | wirst geraten sein | you will have gotten into |
| er/sie/es | wird geraten sein | he/she/it will have gotten into |
| wir | werden geraten sein | we will have gotten into |
| ihr | werdet geraten sein | you (pl.) will have gotten into |
| sie/Sie | werden geraten sein | they will have gotten into |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | geriete |
| du | gerietest |
| er/sie/es | geriete |
| wir | gerieten |
| ihr | gerietet |
| sie/Sie | gerieten |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | gerate |
| ihr | geratet |